Obama’s Win Means The Washington Redskins Did Not Correctly Predict the Outcome of the Presidential Election

Yeah, neither had I. But apparently 19 of the 20 presidential elections from 1940—when the Redskins moved to D.C.—to 2008 have been accurately predicted by the outcome of the team’s final game before election day. If the Redskins win, the incumbent party stays in the White House. If their opponent wins, the challenging party gets to move in.

Obviously, this sounds about as legit as an octopus picking the winners of the World Cup. But 19 out of 20 is a 95% success rate, and that’s pretty good.

You’ll note that the very first exception to the Redskins Rule came in 2004, when President George W. Bush won re-election against Democratic challenger John Kerry (although, some are still debating whether or not Bush really won that election).

Of course, yesterday we saw the second exception to the rule. As you probably know, Robert Griffin III and the Redskins lost to Cam Newton and the Panthers this past Sunday, which should have foretold a Mitt Romney victory over Barack Obama.